The S&S thoughts: Sincere and Silly. From the beaches of the Hawaiian shores to the Inland Empire of the Southern California landscape, to the high arches of St. Louis to the cultural history of Memphis, to where I call home now, this is my story, thoughts and hopes.

WoW TONO Thoughts

DEFINED ME ...

Some might say that I am off-the-wall, but I am right-on-the-shelf in the library under unique, Made-in-Hawaii, TONO.--July 2004

GOD'S WISDOM ...

I define true wisdom when God is magnified and glorified through His character. I am privileged to play a role with believers and stories where God and His Son is exalted! For God, be the praise and honor!--August 15, 2009

This turns out to be the #1 personal story of 2009, the pictures and the experience. It was a little more than a full week of FUN with my Sunshine. It might have been cloudy on certain days. But she was there to shine the light on the journey.

We thought we'd share the beauty of the Smoky Mountains. It was our third trip there. We circled the Mountains, and drove through part of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I will work on the story ... the TONO thoughts later in the week ... in between work!

Melissa P.

May 30, 2008

Hello to you both,Great idea......this blog. Hey Nicky, whatever happened to the "book" you wrote some time ago? I'm speaking of the self-reflection you had at around forty...?So, I have 3 children; Joshua 14, Simon 10, and Ilana 4. Yes, it is quite a spread and the challenge to stay connected to each age group gets frustrating. Understanding a boys inner world is like digging for gold, luckily there are books out to help me. As far as my daughter goes, Ilana is more girlie than I ever was. Tea parties, lotions, and changing her clothes six times a day......... There are days when I'm wanting to put motherhood last and sneak up to the front of the line myself. Overall it is an amazing thing this motherhood stuff. My thoughts on life have changed with each birth as well as with each individual child boys/girl. How? Its a combination of simplistic and complicated " isms ".